Bearing



W. W. BOWMAN.

BEARING. APPLIQATION min .IULYZI. 1921.

- Patented May 9,1922.

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u 1 v; 1% r t WADE w. BOWMAN, or YONKERS, new YORK, ASSIGNOB, r ooirrinnons CLOTH TOWEL CABINET 00., means NEW YORK, A coaroaa'rro r or nnw roars.

BEARING.

Original n uon filed. February is, 1917, semi n). 148,714. "Divided and this application filed July 21, 1921. Serial No. 488,465. v

T o'aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, #VADE N. B WMAN, residing at Yonkers, county of lVestchester, State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvementsin Bearings,

'of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to an ,lirnproved bearing, the same being a division of pending appication Serial No."148,714:, towel holder,"filedFebruary'lii,1917;

Therobject of this invention is to provide a bearing which may be cheaply and easily manufactured and which will at the same time be highly efficient for its purpose,

Other objects and'aims of the invention more or less specific than thosereferred to above, will be in part obvious and in part "pointed out in the course of the following the scope of protection contemplated will be indicated in theappended claims.

description of the elements, combinations, arrangements of parts and applicat on jof principles, constituting the invention, and

In the accompanying drawings, :are to be taken as apart of tlllSSPGClfiCiitlOIl,

andv in which I have shownmerely a pre-' ferred form of embodiment of the'inven-r tion:fl

Figure 1 is transverse sectional view through a bearing constructed in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is an elevational view of'the bearing seen in Fig. 1, and

Figure 8 is a sectionalview taken upon the plane of line of Fig. 1. x l

Referring to the drawings for describing in detail the structure which is illustrated therein, the reference character L indicates a wall member upon which it" is desired to pivotally support-a roller or the like, as

G. The roller has'a spindle projecting from the end thereof by whichtosupport the roller. The-wall is formed with an opening 1 therethrough which the spindle projects.

Within the opening 1 is positioned a thimJole 2. One end of this thimble is flanged over, as at 3, to engage one surface of the wall L adjacent the opening 1, and the opposite end of the thimble is flanged over, as at 4:, to engage the outer surface of a saucer-like brace member '5.

The member 5 has its marginal portions 6 resting against the surfacegof; the wall spindle H.

which would soon cut into the spindle.

in opposite to the flange 8 and a central opening 7 through which the thimble projects. I I

The member 5. inversally serves to support the :outer end of the thir nble so that tl e 'thimble is correctly heldto receive the between-the outer surface of the wall L and the inner surface ,of' the member 5, be tween the flanges 3 and 4c so that pressure applied for suitably bending down said flanges will be properly vresisted without necessity for the employment "of otherwise unnecessarily heavynjiaterial for the; part 5. A bear ng thusconstructed may be of any desired length, and this is particularly valuable in instances where the wall L upon instance, the opening, as 1, therethrough would provide a spindle bearing surface AL bearing of such proportions would also wear away rapidly and would not retain lubricant. Vith the sleeve or thimb'le 2 present, however, said thimbleor sleeve may be made in any proportion lQO'IJlOVlflGillG desired extent of bearing, surface.

l/Vhile' such a bearing is particularly adapted for the mounting of rollers, such Specification of Letters Patent. Pa mentad 1H gay 9, 192g If desired a separately formed collar 8 may be positioned about the thimble and porting member, as of sheet metal, for

as are illustrated in the original applica tion, nevertheless it will be apparent-that they are equally adaptable for the mount ingof spindles and shafts in various other devices and mechanisms; Here it may be noted that an essential characteristic of the device is that it serves to provide a lengthened bearing, 01 supporting aperature, as compared with theth clrness ofvthe piece of metal to'which it is attached; It is obvious,

merely as an efiicient means for the attachment or support of parts. If a shaft, or

therefore, that it may, if desired, serve other element, for instance, is to be -at tached to a plate, or sheet of material, which plate or sheetv is itself too thin to provide a proper attaching or supporting part, a bearingconstructed in accordance with this invention may readily be employed to afiord proper, support or attach ing shall grip-tightly upon the shaft,-r other 'ing means." Accordingly, the term. bearing as herein used, is not intended to. be limited to a device for the support .or accommodatlon of a rotatlng shait. On the contary, the relative size of parts may be such that, if desired, the sleeve of this bearelement, so that any movement of the one shall be communicated directly to the other.

All of the parts entering into the con struction of this bearing are of simple form easily made and cheap topro duce especially in quantities.

. -Also the parts are such'as can be readily and cheaply assembled with uniform accuracy.

.Also, only the part which serves as the bearing proper; namely, the sleeve, or

thimble, 2, need be of relatively costly bearing metal. 7

As many changes could be made in this construction without departing from the scope of the following claims, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description, or shown in the accompanying drawings, shall be interpreted as illustrative only'and notin a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A bearing comprising a supporting member, a saucer-shaped'member having its open end resting against one surface of the supporting member, and a sleeve extending thru mating apertures in the saucer-shaped (member and in the supporting member,the end portions of the sleeve being flanged over ;upon the adjacent portions of the saucershaped member and the support to retain'all' of said parts in fixed relation.v

2. A bearing comprising a supporting member, a saucer-shaped member having its open end resting against one surface of; the supporting member, a sleeve extending thru mating apertures in thejsaucer-shaped member and in the supporting member, the

r end portions of the sleeve being flanged over .upon the adjacent portions of the saucen' shaped member and the support to retain" all of said parts in fixed relation, anda collar surrounding the sleeve to sustain pres-jv sure from the flanged over portions of the sleeve.

3. A hearing comprising a supporting member, a saucer sh aped member having its open end resting against one surface of the supporting 1nen1ber, a sleeve extending .thru mating'apertures in thesaucer shaped member and inthe supporting member, the end portions of the sleeve being flanged over uponh'the adjacent portions of the saucershaped member and the support to retainall of said parts in fixedrelation, and a member interposed between the supporting member and a portion of the saucer-shaped member, to sustain pressure from the flanged 'over portions of'the sleeve.

4. A bearing comprising aJsupporting .member having an aperture therethru a sleeve. extending. .thru'said' aperture havinglone of its ends flanged outwardly to engage the supporting member andhaving its other end extendingfbeyond. the supporting the sleeve serving'to hold'th e sleeve in bearing position. Y Q g 5. A bearing comprising a. supporting member, and means engaging between the supportlng 'member and "said second nd of member. having any-aperture there thru, a.

sleeve extending thru said aperture havng one of its ends flanged outwardlyto engagethe supporting member and having its I other end-extendingbeyond thesupporting member, a member extending from the sup second'end ofthe sleeve, and said second end of the sleeve being flanged over upon said member to retain all of relation. 6. A J=bearing comprising: afsupporting member having an aperture therethrufa ing one of its ends. flanged outwardlybver porting member outwardly to adjacent the sleeve extending thru said aperture hav said I parts, fixed one surface ofthe supporting member and w having its other end'extending beyond-the opposite surface of the supporting member, and a collar surrounding,said sleeve bein clamped between ,the 'second sur:face of sai supporting member anda. part of the second end portion ofthe sleeve wherebytoretain all said parts'in fixed relation; 1 In testimony whereof I afllxlimysigna-ture in the presence :of. two witnesses. 5-

Witnesses! r I BE U ONw E W'Bown'm; 

